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Nathan Kantrowitz

Born: 1927 in New York, New York
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: The author received a Ph. D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and was resident sociologist at Stateville penitentiary in the 1960's.

Biography: The author was born in New York City in 1927 and served with the U.S Army Occupation Forces in Japan after WWII. He was attached to the army photography unit and has a collection of 140 black and white photographs and negatives at the Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University, Princeton New Jersey.Kantrowitz is a member of Illinois Academy of Criminology.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: Kant1@rcn.com
Nathan Kantrowitz on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=nathan+kantrowitz

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ISBN: 0911577319 OCLC: 35068278

 

 

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